(5) A defence of the proceedings of the cursitor and fellows of Exeter Coll. Oxford, 4to. 1691.

IV. HART HALL. Grounds of the complaint of the principal of Hart Hall, concerning the obstruction given to the incorporation of his society, by Exeter Coll. and their visitor, as lately set forth in a letter to Dr. Holmes, vice-chancellor of the univ. of Oxford, and visitor of the said hall, more fully represented and justified, &c. by R. Newton, D. D. principal of Hart Hall, fol.

1735.

The ground of the dispute, and several other publications on the subject, may be seen in Gough's Brit. Top. vol. ii. p. 170.

V. HERTFORD COLL. Rules and statutes for the government of Hertford Coll. Oxf. with observations on particular parts of them, showing the reasonableness thereof, by R. Newton, D. D. principal of Hertford Coll. 8vo.

1747. VI. LINCOLN COLL. History of the foundation, benefactions, rights, and privileges of Lincoln Coll. Lat. is in Harl. MSS. No. 6664.

VII. MARY MAGD. COLL. (1) An account of the late visitation at St. Mary Magdal. Coll. Oxon, 24 Oct. 1688, by the Rt. Rev. &c. Peter Bp. of Winton, fol. sheet.

(2) An impartial relation of the whole proceedings against St. Mary Magdal. Coll. Oxon, in the year 1687, containing only matters of fact as they occurred, 4to. 1688.

second edit. was published, 4to. 1689. To which is added the most remarkable passages omitted in the former, by reason of the severity of the press. Collected by a fellow of the said college.

(3) The king's visitatorial power asserted, being an impartial relation of St. Mary Magdal. Coll. Oxf. as likewise an account of several visitations of the universities and particular colleges, &c. by Dr. Johnson, who was employed by the commissioners to vindicate their proceedings, 4to.

1688.

(4) Letter to the Right Rev. Bp. of Winton, relative to the case of the Rev. Rich. Walker, D.C.L. removed from his fellowship in St. Mary Magdal. Coll. Oxf. Mar. 9, restored on appeal May 4, 1769, by the Rev. Amb. Kent, D. D. fellow of the said coll. 4to. Oxf. 1769.

(5) The conduct of the Right Rev. Ld. Bp. of Winton, as visitor of St. Mary Magdal. Coll. Oxf. fully stated, with brief observations on visitatorial power, 8vo.

1770.

VIII. ORIEL COLL. Ordinationes et statuta Coll. Orielensis, Printed at the end of Hearne's edit. J. de Trokelowe, Ox. 1729, p. 295.

IX. TRINITY COLL. Vindication of the Bp. of Ely's visitatorial jurisdiction over Trinity Coll. in general, by Dr. Colbach, 4to.

1732.

X. WORCESTER COLL. (1) Case of Worcester Coll. or Gloucester Hall, changed into Worcester Coll. broad-sh. 1702. A second edit. intitled,

(2) The case of Worcester Coll. as it was presented to the members of the house of commons, by Benj. Woodroffe, D. D. principal of Gloucester Hall, 8vo.

(3) A letter from a member of the university, inquiring how the bill for settling Sir Thomas Cooke's charity of 10,000l. for the erecting and endowing of Worcester Coll. in Oxf. came to be rejected. The doctor replied in,

(4) A letter from a member of the h. of commons, in answer to a letter from a member of the university, &c. 4to. 1702. (5) The case of Gloucester Hall in Oxf. rectifying the false stating thereof by Dr. Woodroffe; by Dr. Baron, master of Baliol, 4to. Oxon, [1703]

25. RICHMOND (Yorksh.) a reply to some remarks upon a paper, intitled, the case between the mayor and corporation of the town of Richmond, and the principals and officers of the consistory court of the archdeaconry, 8vo.

1748. 26. ROCHESTER. (1) Authentic copy of the charter and byelaws, &c. of the city of Rochester, fol. 1749. (2) THORPE'S Registrum Roffense also contains copies of antient records, &c. relative to the city of Rochester, fol. 1762,

21. 2s.

27. ROMNEY MARSH. (1) Graunte's ordinances and laws of Romney Marsh, 12mo. pr. by Berthlet, 1534, 3s. 6d. (2) Charter of Romney Marsh, 8vo. pr. by Joan Wolfe, wid. of Regin. Wolfe, 1579; again by John Wolfe, Lat. and Eng. 12mo.

1597.

(3) Charter of Romney Marsh, Lat. and Eng. 12mo. 1647; again with a table, 8vo. 1647, 1686, 1697.

This book, besides the charter 36 Hen. III. contains, 1. Ordinance of Hen. de Bathe, 42 Hen. III. 2. Commission to J. de Lovetot and Hen. de Appledorefeild, to view the walls of the sea coast in Kent, and their ordinance confirming that of Hen. de Bathe; with additional regulations. 3. Ordinance 2 Edw. II. to Will. de Walleyns for the same purpose. 4. Commission to Thos. Lodelow, Rob. Belknap, and Thos. Culpepper, to oversee the walls, &c. and the ordinances touching the same.

28. SANDWICH. Consuetudines et usus Sandewici, written by Adam de Champneys, 29 Ed. I. but continued down, by several authors and hands, to the latter end of the reign of Edw. III. MS. quoted by Ld. Hale in treatise of Maritime Law, pub. in Hargr. Law Tracts, 118, 133.

29. SHREWSBURY. Some charters of Shrewsbury, with a

catalogue of its bailiffs from 1372 to 1614, MS. formerly belonging to Bp. More, are in the public library at Cambridge.

30. SUTTON COLDFIELD. A genuine translation of the royal charter granted by k. Hen. VIII. to the corporation, 8vo. 1763. 31. WALLING ford. Charter granted 51 Hen. III. to this borough, in consideration of the services done to k. Hen. II. and his mother Maud the empress, against k. Stephen.

Printed with explanatory notes in Append. to Brady on Burghs.

32. WALSALL. The charter of the corporation of Walsall; with an account of the estates thereto belonging; to which is added, a list of the donations and benefactions to the town of Walsall and Bloxwich, 12mo. pr. at Wolverhampton, 1774. 33. WINCHESTER. Charter granted to this city 1 Ric. I. is printed in Append. to Brady on Burghs, 8vo. p. 45.

34. YARMOUTH. Charters of k. John, Hen. III. and Edw. III. to this borough, and records of proceedings in several controversies respecting the rights thereof, are printed in Append. to Brady on Burghs.

35. YORK. Charter of 1 Joan. to this city, printed in Append. to Brady on Burghs, 8vo. p. 47.

SECT. III.

CHARTERS, CUSTOMS, &c. of LONDON, and the several CORPORATIONS, COMPAÑIES, and JURISDICTIONS

thereof.

1. ACT of the common-council for the better regulation of courts of law in the Guildhall, 4to. 1669, 3s.

2. BELLAMIUS Enervatus; or an answer to the pleas for commonalty of London, 4to.

1645.

3. BOKE of the CUSTOMS of LONDON. In this boke is conteined the names of the baylyfs, custose, mayers, and sherefs of the cyte of London, from the tyme of kynge Rychard the First; and also the artycles of the chartour and lybartes of the same cyte, and of the chartour and lybartes of England; with divers other maters good and necessary for every cytizen to understond and knowe, which ben shewed in chapyters aftyr the fourme of this kalyndyr followyuge, which conteins, besides the subjects above mentioned, The hole chartour of London of the first graunt, and of the confirmation of divers kyngis after. The acte for correccyon of errores and wronge judgmentis in London. The acte of treys above twenty yere growyng pay no tythys. The charge of every wardy in L. in

fyveteen. The ordynaunce for assyse of brede in L. Copye of Pope Nicholas his bulle for the offryng to the curatts of the parysshens of the city of L. in Lat. and in Eng. 1453. P. Innocent's letter for the same. The composycyon of all offryng in L. and suburbys, 1457. The ordinaunce for brokers ocupyenge in L. E. VI. The nombre and names of all the parysshes churches, and other chirches in L. and suburbys. Artycles desired by the comounse of L. for reformacyon of thyngys prejudicyall to the same. The charge of the queste of wardmote in every warde. Articles of the good governaunce of the cite. Art. of presture, and other noyenges in the cety. Against perel of fyer. The othe of the bedel of the warde, of the constables, the sherefs, sergeauntys, of frankpledg of forgners, of the scavengers, of every freeman made in the cyte, and for brokers in L. Ordynaunce for the assyze of tale wood and bellet in L. Marchaundisses whereof scavage out to be taken in L. These thyngys that longeth to tronage and poundage of the kynge in the cyte of L. [Dyvers forms of law, supplications to the king, &c.] Ordynaunce of the cyte for tenauntys of houses, what thyngys they shall not remove at theyr departying. Copy of the othe gyven to the mayre and aldyrmen, the tyme of kynge Hen. VI. [Then follow matters of chronology and history not of London, several receipts in cookery, &c.] Rate of the customs. Ballad of the Notbrowne Mayd. Offyce of a bishop or priest. Charter of the forests, and magna charta. The valew and stynt of the benefice of St. Magnus at London bridge yerely to the person, 1494 Servyces at the stallacyon of the bishop of Ely, [Morton.] Patrons of London churches. Corrodies of abbies. Sir John Maundwyle's laws and byleve of the Sarasin. Revenue of Londonbridge. Artycles for the inquysytours at the visitacyon there, and other articles of visitacyon, &c. &c. &c. no date or printer's name, but printed as supposed by Pynson, 4to. 1521; (Mr. Dibdin says by Treveris,) two other editions are also mentioned. See Herbert's edit. of Ames, v. i. 270. See also Dibdin's edit. of Ames, vol. iii. p. 34. A reprint of this curious work was published under the care of Mr. Douce, in 4to. 1811. l. 16s. boards. This is quoted by the title of Arnolde's Chronicle, his name and initials frequently occurring in it. Some account of him may be seen in Stowe, in his life by Strype, p. xxi. British Librarian, p. 22.

4. BRIEFE DISCOURSE, declaring and approving the necessarie and inviolable maintenance of the laudable customes of London; namely, of that one, whereby a reasonable partition of the goods of husbands among their wives and children is provided; with an answer to such objections and pretended

reasons, as are by persons unadvised or evil persuaded, &c. Printed by H. Meddleton, for Rafe Newberry, 8vo. 1584. Reprinted with the orders of St. Bartholomew's hospital, 1652. Printed also at the end of Stowe's Hist. of London,

1755.

5. BY-LAWS, (List of) of the city of London unrepealed, 8vo. Printed by order of Common Council. 1769, 3s.

6. CAMERA REGIS; or, a short view of London, viz. antiquity, &c. officers, courts, customs, franchises, &c. collected out of law and history, by John Bridall, 8vo.

1676, 2 s.

7. CANDID ENQUIRY into the right of the city of London, over the borough of Southwark, &c. 8vo.

1787, 18.

8. CASE of the apprentices of London, and others, in relation to the complaints made to the court of aldermen, of the exactions in the chamberlain's office, fol. half sh.

1606.

9. CASE of the dissenters, as it stands upon the corporation and toleration acts, with regard to corporation offices, their right of being exempted from fines, and the reasonableness of that exemption; as also the authorities in the law-books, and the several arguments relating to this matter, fully and impartially weighed and considered, 8vo. 1739.

10. CHARTER 1 William, confirming to the city of London the enjoyment of the laws of K. Edward the Confessor.

11. CHARTER of the same year, granting to the city the manor of Gyddesdune, supposed to be Gaddesden in Hertfordshire.

The originals of these two charters are said to be still extant among the records in Guildhall, and are each written in the Saxon language, on a slip of parchment about six inches long, and one broad; the former consisting of eight or nine lines, the latter of three only, finely written. The seals also, which through age have been broken into several pieces, are preserved in a silk bag affixed to each charter. See Maitland, v. i. 37, 38. edit. 1756. Brady on Burghs, 8vo. p. 28.

12. CHARTER (Royal) of confirmation granted by K. Cha. II. to the city of London; wherein are recited verbatim all the charters of the said city granted by his royal predecessors, Kings and Queens of England, taken out of the records, and exactly translated by S. G. Gent. with an index or alphabetical table, and a table explaining all the obsolete and difficult words in the said charter, 8vo. 1664, 1680, 2s. 6d.

13. CHARTER of London, abr. of, being every freeman's privilege; exactly translated, 4to. 1680, 3s.

14. CHARTERS of the city of London, which have been granted by the kings and queens of England, since the conquest, taken verbatim out of the records, exactly translated into English, with notes explaining ancient words and terms,